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Dawood 03
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip, lip, steat/o | fat |
| dermat, derm, cutane/o | skin |
| pil, trich/o | hair |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| onych, ung/o | nail |
| squam/o | scale |
| seb, sebace/o | oil |
| itchyt/o | scaly |
| kerat/o | hard |
| pachy/o | thick |
| xer/o | dry |
| ryhtid/o | wrinkle |
| luek/o | white |
| erythr/o | red |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| comedo | whitehead or blackhead clogged with oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria |
| macerate | softened skin around a wound |
| urticaria | hives |
| localized | in one specific area |
| generalized | all over |
| centrifugal | spreads from trunk to extremities |
| centripetal | spreads from extremities to trunk |
| papules | bumps <1cm |
| nodule | bumps >1cm |
| plaques | bumps that are large and flat |
| vesicles | bumps that are <1cm filled with clear fluid |
| bulla | bumps that are >1cm filled with clear fluid |
| pustules | bumps filled with pus |
| abscesses | large pustules |
| macules, freckles | small flat spots |
| patches | large flat spots |
| cherry angioma | raise collection of blood vessels |
| telangiectasia | flat collection of blood vessels |
| petechiae | small bruise |
| ecchymosis | large bruise |
| cicatrix | scar |
| keloid | over healed scar |
| nevus | birthmark |
| dysplastic nevus | large and irregular shaped moles |
| verruca | wart |
| dermatalgia | der/mah/tal/gah |
| dermatodynia | der/mah/toh/dye/knee-ugh |
| dermatolysis | der/mah/toh/lye/sis |
| hemathidrosis | heh/mat/hi/droh/sis |